Web-based Communication Tools for Your Community

March 5, 2011

e-Vermont Citizens in a Connected Age

Lyndon State College

Presenter: karen.case@ccv.edu

Virtual Meetings & Conference CallsSkype

Sharing calendars, documents and presentations

Google calendar and docs

Social MediaFacebook and Front Porch Forum

Meetings and Conference Calling

SKYPE

Click picture for Skype website

SKYPE

Group video calling – $$ about $9/month(see video on this link for details)

How to Download and Conference Call on Skype(good video, but remember you can drag and

drop from contacts to grey call box)

Troubleshooting Skype (hardware and bandwidth issues)

Collaborating:

Sharing Documents, Creating Presentations, Event Calendars

Click photo for Gmail page. Using a Gmail email o create calendar, store my photos at Picasa web, use Google Docs, etc aggregates all those tools and apps on my browser home page which is set at http://www.google.com. Because along the top bar of my Google page are my email, blogs, docs, calendar making it a one stop area to locate my digital life.

EVENT CALENDAR

Click photo for resources about using Google calendar. There’s a super video on right-hand side of the website

about how to SHARE calendars.

Document & Presentation Sharinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqUE6IHTEA

Google Presentations

The YouTube Google Docs channel

Facebook Community Page

Click photo for tutorial on making a community page (you no longer need a personal Facebook account to make a community page)

Link from PC World on Facebook marketing

“FPF is just a modern, electronic version of the conversations that used to take place in the feed stores, general stores, post offices, etc. that were the gathering places for inhabitants of the towns and villages of “old” Vermont.” 

“I enjoy Front Porch Forum so much. My husband has lived in town all his life. I have lived here 32 years. We miss all the closeness we used to have when our son was in school. Now, the way the world has changed and everyone’s busy day lives, we have just lost touch.”

Front Porch Forum

Front Porch Forumhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMiuB1SJEs4&f

CLICK TO PLAY

Front Porch Forumhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6XAnOlbdeo

Front Porch Forumhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61uC3Ce5KR0

TIME FOR QUESTIONS

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